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A March and Women’s History Month special on Beat Latino! Composing women! Las compositoras from all over the Americas and the Ibero American peninsula have given us wondrous music from boleros to electronica to soundtracks. This week’s selection on Beat Latino takes us to Bolivia, Portugal, Cuba, Mexico, Chile, Uruguay….and beyond, as composing women create melodies, rhythms and poetic lyrics to share emotions with their rich and deep tunes and grooves. Enjoy!
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estranha forma de vida | Amália Rodrigues | Live at Town Hall. | País Real Edições | 2013 | 03:42 |
| En mis sueños | Miramar | Dedication to Sylvia Rexach. | Barbes Ltd | 2016 | 03:11 |
| El Desierto | Lhasa de Sela | La Llorona. | Les Disques Audiogramme inc. | 2015 | 03:51 |
| Veinte años | Maria Teresa Vera | Maria Teresa Vera Revival. | Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. | 2001 | 04:20 |
| Dos gardenias | Isolina Carrillo | En el recuedo. | Golden Century Records | 2019 | 03:25 |
| Babalu | Yma Sumac | Mondo Exotica. | Capitol Records, LLC | 1996 | 02:50 |
| Bésame mucho | Edna Vazquez & Pink Martini | Bésame mucho. | Heinz Records | 2019 | 04:05 |
| Martirio | Júrame | Flor de piel. | Júrame | 2001 | 04:25 |
| El agua y la miel | Silvana Estrada | Lo Sagrado. | Silvana Estrada | 2020 | 04:50 |
| La flor de canela | Chabuca Granda | Cada Cancion Con Su Razon. | EMI Odeon SAIC | 1980 | 03:20 |
| Memories | Angélica Negrón | Memories of a penitent heart. | Good Child Music, LLC | 2017 | 01:31 |
| Wayño | Canela Palacios | Sur. | Canela Palacios | 2020 | 03:15 |
| Volver a los 17 | Violeta Parra | Gracias a la vida. | MLP | 2015 | 04:05 |
| Ser Feliz | Melani Luraschi | Lumbral. | Melani Luraschi | 2018 | 03:37 |